Cars, Keys & Locks Magazine | Issue 11 | April 2022 by UAPMarketing

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THE GUIDES:

PICKING AND DECODING THE

BMW HU58 DOOR LOCK USING THE GENUINE LISHI PICK AND DECODER

UAP CFO IS A

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PICKING AND DECODING THE

CHEVROLET HU100 EIGHT CUT LASER TRACK DOOR LOCK

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CONTRIBUTORS Martin Pink The highly respected locksmith Martin Pink has been at the forefront of the development of tools and techniques for picking, decoding and opening many of today’s toughest locks. Martin has been instrumental in the development of the Genuine Lishi Brand and he wrote the definitive guide to opening car locks called the Genuine Lishi Training Kit. Martin is known around the globe for his knowledge of car lock technology and is highly sought after at locksmith exhibitions and training events around the world.

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TA B L E O F CO N T E N T S P.1-7 PICKING AND DECODING THE BMW HU58 DOOR LOCK USING THE GENUINE LISHI PICK AND DECODER

P.8-11 PICKING AND DECODING THE CHEVROLET HU100 EIGHT CUT LASER TRACK DOOR LOCK USING THE GENUINE LISHI HU100 PICK AND DECODER UAP CFO BONNIE HODSON IS A FINALIST IN THE FINANCE AWARDS NORTH WEST Our CFO, Bonnie Hodson, has been named as a finalist in the Finance Awards North West for the third year running!

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ASK THE EXPERT Expert locksmith Martin Pink answers your questions; in this issue: “How can I unlock 2012 BMW Z4 with keys locked in the boot?”

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Welcome to the April edition of Cars, Keys and Locks magazine, where, with regards to Lishi, we will be looking at a few older guides. Following a number of support requests for the Vauxhall HU100 and the BMW HU58 tools, we are running the two guides again for those that missed them first time around. In UAP news, their CFO has been nominated for an award in the North West finance awards, which is great news for the team. There is also news on the new UAP thumb turn extension that are now available. Spring is with us, and despite a chill in the air, it has brought with it some warming sun, too. I am sure there will be a promotion and some bargains to welcome Spring this month. Looking forward to the next edition, we will be focusing on Mercedes and in particular the older YM15 locks most common on sprinter vans and the HU39 lock that gives so many so much trouble, so plenty to look forward to. Enjoy the warmer temperatures but be mindful that Covid is still with us and on the rise again. UAP still has an effective affordable range of PPE to help protect you, your staff, and your customers. - Martin Pink

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PICKING AND DECODING THE BMW HU58 DOOR LOCK USING THE GENUINE LISHI PICK AND DECODER As stated, it is down to you which tool version you prefer to use. For this guide, we have chosen the more common single lift tool. TOOL RULES TO REMEMBER

There are two versions of the latest Genuine Lishi HU58 tool, one is a single lift tool, and the other is a twin lift tool. It’s very much down to personal preference which you use, as both do the same job.

The key point to remember with the twin lift tool is that unlike most twin lift tools, you must still decode the lock in the opposite direction to you to pick.

Some important info on how to use the tool to get the most from it: 1) With all tool versions, we must always decode in the opposite direction to which we picked each wafer. 2) When decoding, you will need to know which axis is which in order to cut the correct key. This is simple if you remember the following: A axis – positions 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 (all odd positions) B axis – positions 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 (all even positions) 3) If you’re attending keys locked in boot, all HU58 boot locks pick anti clockwise to open. If you pick and turn it clockwise, you will deadlock it and make more work for yourself. 4) With HU58 boot locks, if the locks keyway is vertical, then

it is not deadlocked and just needs picking once anti clockwise. If the locks keyway is horizontal then it is deadlocked and will need picking twice anti-clockwise, once to the vertical position then again to open. Remember these simple tool rules and you will have no issues with this lock. KEY DETAILS The key is an external four track key, so it’s cut on four sides and every side of the key interacts with wafers in the lock at the same time. The key houses 12 key cuts, six on each axis, using four key heights with Cut 1 being highest and Cut 4 being the deepest key cut. The key cuts on Instacode card number 815 and key series BHO1001-BH241450. The key cut measurements are: 1 cut – 7mm 2 cut – 6.4mm 3 cut – 5.8mm 4 cut – 5mm LOCK DETAILS The lock is a four track lock, using wafers in four rows in each corner of the lock. The door locks house all 12 wafers and the ignition houses just 10 of the wafers in positions

one to 10. Both positions 11 and 12 are not used in the ignition. Be aware there are two versions of the door lock used - some have all 12 wafers in them, but some only house wafers in 10 positions. In this version of the lock, there will be no wafers in positions three and nine, these positions are blanked off. If you get a door lock without wafers in positions three and nine, it is crucial you don’t try and pick these as they will feel like binding solid wafers, but as no wafer will move, the pick tips can snap off if you try with too much force. To check which lock you have, with no tension on the pick at all, check positions three and nine by feeling if a spring and wafer is felt or if they are solid. If the spring and wafer is felt, they can be picked. If it’s solid and there’s no wafer or spring, remember to leave these positions well alone. All wafers in odd numbered positions are Axis A wafers, and all wafers in even numbered positions are Axis B wafers. PICKING THE HU58 LOCK The first thing to do is to centre the lifting arm on the tool and fully insert it into the lock. Once fully inserted, we can confirm

full insertion by checking that a wafer and a spring can be felt in position one and position 12. As we have no tension on the tool or the lock, now also check positions three and nine to confirm which lock type you have. If you feel a wafer and spring in positions three and nine, then you will need to pick all 12 wafers. If positions three and nine are solid with no wafer or spring felt, then you must not try and pick these two positions. We have now confirmed full insertion and we have identified which of the two lock versions we have. The lock used for this guide has all 12 wafers in it. We would at this stage apply a light tension in the opening direction to the tools tension handle. The picking procedure here is different to what we do with most locks. With this lock, for best results, we don’t look for solid binding wafers. Instead, we apply a light tension in the opening direction, go to each numbered position in turn and gently move the wafer along the line until it stops. As soon as it resists moving, we stop and move to the next. If the tension is right, the wafer will be set. Do this for each position in turn until the lock opens.

So, with our tool fully inserted, the lock version we are dealing with is identified. With a light tension applied in the opening direction, we are ready to begin to pick the lock.

We move position one down the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position two up the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position three up the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position four down the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position five down the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position six along the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position seven up the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position eight down the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position nine down the line until it stops and resists going further.

We move position 10 up the line until it resists going any further.

We move position 11 up the line until it stops and resists moving further.

B Axis wafers are all the even numbered positions (positions 2,4,6,8,10 and 12). This is crucial knowledge to be able to cut the correct key from your decode. We move position 12 down the line until it stops and the lock opens. What is significant is that every position moved along the line and none resisted, this confirms that no number four wafers are present in this lock. On some locks, it may be necessary to run through the process again and pick any solid binding wafers that have dropped out, but once the correct tension is found this is normally not necessary. The lock can still be picked by searching for and picking solid wafers, but this method does take far longer. Once the lock is picked, we must hold the lock in the open position in order to decode it. DECODING THE HU58 4 TRACK LOCK As mentioned earlier in the guide, we must know which positions relate to Axis A and which relate to Axis B. This is simple once you know the following: A Axis wafers are all the odd numbered positions (1,3,5,7,9 and 11).

To decode the lock, we must position the reader arrow on each numbered line in turn and move it along the line in the OPPOSITE direction to the one we picked, so if we picked the number one position down we must decode it upwards! We then move it along the line until it stops. It will stop on a side line that is numbered one to four on the right side of the tool, this will be your key cut reading. So, with our lock in the picked open position, we are ready to decode in the opposite direction to the way we picked.

Position one decodes as a number three key cut.

Position two decodes as a number two key cut.

Position three decodes as a number three key cut.

Position seven decodes as a number three key cut.

Position four decodes as a number two key cut.

Position eight decodes as a number three key cut.

Position five decodes as a number two key cut.

Position six decodes as a number one key cut.

Position nine decodes as a number one key cut.

Position 10 decodes as a number two key cut.

Position 11 decodes as a number one key cut.

Position 12 decodes as a number three key cut.

Our decode is now complete, and reads as: Position Reading

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 3

We must now convert this to the correct axis readings, so put positions 1,3,5,7,9 and 11 onto the A Axis and all even positions 2,4,6,8,10,12 onto B Axis, giving you a key of: A Axis – 332311 B Axis – 221323 Simply enter these into your machine and cut the key.

PICKING AND DECODING THE CHEVROLET HU100 EIGHT CUT LASER TRACK DOOR LOCK USING THE GENUINE LISHI HU100 PICK AND DECODER Although this guide concentrates on the Vauxhall/Opel HU100 lock, this lock is also used on other makes and models including Chevrolet and Saab and the lock and process is the same. In this guide we concentrate on the eightcut lock. In the USA, there is also a 10-cut lock which we have featured in another guide.

KEY INFO This is a laser track key often referred to as high security. It is a two-track key, meaning it has one track at the top and one track on the bottom. The key has eight key cuts and uses four key cutting heights. This key uses a Z-series reference and has three separate series making series Z0001 – Z6314

and the cuts on the Instacode card are 1097. LOCK INFO The lock houses all eight wafers in both the door lock and the ignition, so unless a lock has been changed, you can decode the entire key from the door lock. The exception is Corsa C models from 2004 - some of these only had seven wafers in the door in positions one to seven with no wafer in position eight. Instacode can be used to find the eighth wafer, or you can read the key number from the system with diagnostics. Alternatively, you can pick and decode the ignition to find the eighth cut. With the exception of the Corsa C, the door lock has eight wafers using four key heights (one to four), one being the highest and four the deepest cut. The Corsa C will sometimes only contain seven wafers in the door lock in positions one to seven. The wafers follow a one up one down configuration with even positions being on one

track and odd positions on the opposite track. Picking the Vauxhall HU100 Lock You will need to ensure both lifting arms are centred in order to fully insert the tool, so centre the lift arms and fully insert the tool into the lock. You should feel a wafer in position one on one track and in position eight on the opposite track. In the case of the Corsa C models with only seven cuts, you will feel a wafer in positions one and seven. Once fully inserted, we need to apply a light tension to the tension handle in a clockwise direction to open. Even numbered positions will be found on one track and odd numbered positions will be found on the opposite track. As with most Lishi tools, we must now navigate the lock one position at a time with a light tension. We are tickling each position to feel for the solid binding wafers, and if a wafer moves at all we leave it well alone – we’re only picking the solid binding wafers. Once all the solid binding wafers are picked, the lock will open. We pick a solid binding wafer until it has movement again and slaps on its spring, it is then set.

So, with the tool correctly and fully inserted and a light tension on the tension handle, we are ready to begin finding the solid positions and picking them:

Position one is the first to bind and pick.

Position three is the next to bind and pick.

Position four is the next to bind and pick.

Position six is the next to bind and pick.

Position seven is the next to bind and pick, and the lock opens. We didn’t need to pick position two, five or eight at all. This tells us that position two, five and eight are all number four cuts as they didn’t need picking. Every other position picked so we know none of them are four cuts, this statement will become relevant during the decode. In order to decode the lock, we must hold the lock in the picked open position.

Position one reads as a number three cut.

Position two, as expected, reads as a number four cut (we knew this as we didn’t need to pick this position).

DECODING THE EIGHT CUT HU100 DOOR LOCK As mentioned, in order to decode the lock, we must have it picked open first and held in the picked open position. We then decode each position by gently running the pick arms arrow down the numbered line in the same direction as we picked each position. Gently push past the spring to the full stop position and take your key cut reading from the right-hand side grid numbered one to four. The process is very straight forward.

Position three reads as a number two key cut.

Position four reads as a number one key cut.

So, our decode is complete and gives us a decode from position one at bow to position eight at tip of “34214234”. Simply enter this code into your cut to code machine and cut the perfect key for the lock. Position number five reads as a number four cut as expected (again, we knew this as we didn’t need to pick this one).

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Position six reads as a number two key cut.

Position seven reads as a number three key cut.

Position eight, as expected, reads as a number four key cut.

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UAP CFO BONNIE HODSON IS A FINALIST IN THE FINANCE AWARDS NORTH WEST

Our CFO, Bonnie Hodson, has been named as a finalist in the Finance Awards North West for the third year running! Nominated by HSBC, Bonnie is again a finalist in the under £50m annual turnover category, recognising the transformative contribution she has made to UAP since she joined the company in 2018. She is just one of seven finalists in the category, determined by HSBC, RSM, the ICAEW, and guest industry panellists.

Since Bonnie’s appointment to CFO, UAP has grown from sales of £11.1m in 2017 to £20.6m in 2022. Bonnie has also contributed to UAP’s agile response to the pandemic, having constructed a detailed financial plan, re-phased supplier payments, secured bank support for an additional £1m stock financing facility, and helped the company to diversify as a supplier of PPE. A key part of her remit has been to evolve UAP from a small company mindset to an ambitious enterprise

The Awards Ceremony at Finance Awards North West without losing the culture that has made it so successful for the past 25 years. She explains: “Changes at a strategic level have been fundamental to changing the mindset of the business and the people within it, who are all so critical to our continued success as we accelerate our growth. That’s why, in the summer of 2019, we set up a growth share scheme, which means every single employee in the company now owns a share of the business and benefits from its future success. These shares are earned and cannot be purchased, with 20% of the UAP share fund

now owned by our employees. “We have also recently added a companywide bonus scheme for all employees, linked to business performance and KPIs, to reward our team as we grow the business. Staff morale and motivation are critical to realising the potential of any business and, as CFO, I believe a big part of my role is leveraging the value of our people, not just crunching the numbers.” The Finance Awards North West winners will be announced at a gala dinner at Old Trafford Football Stadium on Thursday 12th May.

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preventing hands from getting too cold to operate the lock easily. They cover the hard metal thumb turn that can be difficult for those with dexterity issues to use. Our small, clear thumb turn comes free with all Kinetica+ K4 thumb turn locks. The red triangle option has the added advantage of an ergonomic design, and can suit the Kinetica+ K4, Kinetica 3 star, UAP+ 1 star and all TL standard thumb turn Euro cylinders with a stadium shaped thumb turn. They are Secured by Design and BSI Kitemark approved. Click here to view the red triangle cap on our website.

HEART EMERGENCY SHOCK FOR COLLEAGUES AT UAP

Maintenance man, Dirk, is lucky to be alive today thanks to the quick thinking and first aid training of his colleagues at UAP, a specialist in locks and hardware based in Whitefield, Manchester. The 74-year-old from Radcliffe had stayed a few minutes late at work at the request of operations director, Wendy Rushton, when he collapsed with a cardiac arrest. The quick thinking UAP team sprung into action, calling an ambulance, putting Dirk in the

recovery position and calling on first aiders, Julie and Lyndsey, to help, as Wendy deployed the company’s emergency defibrillator. Wendy explained: “I had familiarised myself with the defibrillator when it was first installed, but none of us have ever used it. Everything happened so quickly that we just worked together to help Dirk and, as soon as I connected the battery into the defibrillator unit, it gave me very clear instructions on what I needed to do.”

Warehouse supervisor Julie did chest compressions, while sales administrator, Lyndsey, gave Dirk mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The Defibrillator gave the team clear instructions when to stand clear so that Dirk’s heart could be shocked and informed them when his heart had restarted. When the ambulance arrived 20 minutes after chief executive, David Jennings, first raised the alarm, the paramedics praised the UAP team for saving Dirk’s life with their first aid skills and rapid response.

the office. Dirk had been scheduled to go home a few minutes earlier and, if he’d left on time and had the cardiac arrest in the car or at home, it’s unlikely he would have pulled through. We are all relieved to know he’s now doing well in hospital.” UAP installed the defibrillator at the company’s offices a year ago but have never used the device before. The company is now urging other businesses to have a defibrillator available and ensure first aid skills are up to date.

Learn more about defibrillators at British Heart Foundation Dirk is now recovering in North Manchester General Hospital and his wife Kay has been into UAP’s offices to thank her husband’s colleagues for saving his life. Lyndsey commented: “I trained as a nurse before joining UAP and I am one of seven first aiders on site but I never expected to have to use those skills to save someone’s life in

Wendy adds: “Without the defibrillator and the swift actions of his colleagues, Dirk would not have made it, which is a very sobering thought for us all. We are very proud of the way the team responded in an emergency and wish Dirk a speedy recovery.”

ASK THE EXPERT Are you a locksmith unable to get a job done? Got a burning question, but not sure who to ask for advice on the latest products and tools? World leading auto locksmith professional Martin Pink is here to help! Each issue, he will be answering some of your auto locksmithing questions, so if you’re in need of expert advice, get in touch!

not the first and won’t be the last. You have the correct pick, what’s thrown you is the angle of the lock. This can be deceiving from the handle and face of the plug.

QUESTION:

The lock is fitted at a slight upward angle, so when inserting, you need to angle as if you’re going uphill, tip higher than the grid end. It will insert smoothly at this angle and the lock will then pick open clockwise on UK models.

I went to a 2012 BMW Z4 with keys locked in the boot late at night. I couldn’t get a Lishi HU92 pick into the lock even after lubricating it. Only about 1cm of tool would go into the lock, then it seems like it is pushing up and won’t go in any further.

If you come across another one, insert the bypass key and you will see what I mean. With the key or pick, if entering straight with the cap, you will experience what happened to you - a slight upward angle on key or pick and the job is done.

Am I using the correct pick? The wafers are all moving when felt with a hand pick and there’s nothing snapped inside the lock?

For info, keys in boot, once the door lock is picked the internal central locking button will normally activate central locking and open the boot.

ANSWER: This used to be quite a common mistake. I have not been asked about this for a while, but you’re

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